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Languages :: PHP :: thank you page for mutiple forms
By: jblayney U.S.A.  Date: 16/03/2003 00:00:00  English  Points: 25 Status: Answered
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hello,
i am creating a thank you page which will be used for all 4 forms on this website, So i want it to display a custom thank you for each page it comes from. So far i have 2 of the pages going to it, and I am getting no results (blank page) and no email.

$page is a hidden field that is on both pages and it is all in a table.

any help would be appreciated, remember i will need to add 2 more ifs after this


<td width="335" valign="top">
<?
if($page == "contact") Then

// ********* reply email customer support ************
$msg = "E-Mail SEND FROM <A HREF="http://www.lccw.ca\n">http://www.lccw.ca\n</a>";
$msg .= "Dear $realname :\n\n";
$msg .= "We have received your email\n\n";
$msg .= "Thank you for your feedback\n";
$msg .= "If you require a response you will\n";
$msg .= "receive one within 2 - 3 business days";

$to = "$email"; // **** to form filler ********
$subject = "Life Choices for Women & Children: Contact Confirmation\n";
$mailheaders = "From: jplummer@lccw.ca\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: jplummer@lccw.ca";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ****** end of reply email *********
// ******** start of email to customer support **********

$msg = "Name :$realname\n";
$msg .= "Email :$email\n";
$msg .= "Message :$message\n";

$to = "justin@justinblayney.com"; // ** this is the customer service dept. **
$subject = "Web site contact form\n";
$mailheaders = "From: $realname\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $email";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ********* end of customer support email ************

echo "<h1>Thank you for contacting us.</h1><p>If you require a response we will return one to you within 2 - 3 business days.</p>"

Else

if($page == "volunteer") Then

// ********* reply email customer support ************
$msg = "E-Mail SEND FROM <A HREF="http://www.lccw.ca\n">http://www.lccw.ca\n</a>";
$msg .= "Dear $realname :\n\n";
$msg .= "We have received your email\n\n";
$msg .= "Thank you for offering to volunteer\n";
$msg .= "We will response to you\n";
$msg .= "within 2 - 3 business days";

$to = "$email"; // **** to form filler ********
$subject = "Life Choices for Women & Children: Volunteer Confirmation\n";
$mailheaders = "From: jplummer@lccw.ca\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: jplummer@lccw.ca";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ****** end of reply email *********
// ******** start of email to customer support **********

$msg = "Name :$realname\n";
$msg .= "Email :$email\n";
$msg .= "Phone :$phone\n";
$msg .= "Best time to call :$time\n";
$msg .= "Workshops :$workshops\n";
$msg .= "Mentorship :$mentorship\n";
$msg .= "Training :$Training\n";
$msg .= "Job :$job\n";
$msg .= "Message :$message\n";

$to = "justin@justinblayney.com"; // ** this is the customer service dept. **
$subject = "Web site Volunteer form\n";
$mailheaders = "From: $realname\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $email";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ********* end of customer support email ************

echo "<h1>Thank you for volunteering.</h1><p>We will try to response to you within 2 - 3 business days.</p>"

End If
?>
</td>
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 04:58:00 English  Type : Comment
I just tried
<?php
and had no luck

i also tried

if($page == "contact") Then {
bla
} else {
bla bla
} end if

(added braces)

that didn't help either
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 05:00:00 English  Type : Comment
this too

if($page == "contact") Then {
bla
} else {
if($page == "volunteer") Then {
bla bla
} }
end if
(added braces)
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 05:08:00 English  Type : Comment
should I stick these in functions at the top

if($page == "contact") Then {
function ("contact")
} else {
if($page == "volunteer") Then {
function ("volunteer")
} }
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 05:12:00 English  Type : Comment
Ok,
Sorry about this, I just changed more, ths is the code now

<?php
if($_REQUEST['page'] == "contact") Then {

// ********* reply email customer support ************
$msg = "E-Mail SEND FROM <A HREF="http://www.lccw.ca\n">http://www.lccw.ca\n</a>";
$msg .= "Dear $realname :\n\n";
$msg .= "We have received your email\n\n";
$msg .= "Thank you for your feedback\n";
$msg .= "If you require a response you will\n";
$msg .= "receive one within 2 - 3 business days";

$to = "$email"; // **** to form filler ********
$subject = "Life Choices for Women & Children: Contact Confirmation\n";
$mailheaders = "From: jplummer@lccw.ca\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: jplummer@lccw.ca";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ****** end of reply email *********
// ******** start of email to customer support **********

$msg = "Name :$realname\n";
$msg .= "Email :$email\n";
$msg .= "Message :$message\n";

$to = "justin@justinblayney.com"; // ** this is the customer service dept. **
$subject = "Web site contact form\n";
$mailheaders = "From: $realname\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $email";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ********* end of customer support email ************

echo "<h1>Thank you for contacting us.</h1><p>If you require a response we will return one to you within 2 - 3 business days.</p>"

} Else {

if($_REQUEST['page'] == "volunteer") Then {

// ********* reply email customer support ************
$msg = "E-Mail SEND FROM <A HREF="http://www.lccw.ca\n">http://www.lccw.ca\n</a>";
$msg .= "Dear $realname :\n\n";
$msg .= "We have received your email\n\n";
$msg .= "Thank you for offering to volunteer\n";
$msg .= "We will response to you\n";
$msg .= "within 2 - 3 business days";

$to = "$email"; // **** to form filler ********
$subject = "Life Choices for Women & Children: Volunteer Confirmation\n";
$mailheaders = "From: jplummer@lccw.ca\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: jplummer@lccw.ca";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ****** end of reply email *********
// ******** start of email to customer support **********

$msg = "Name :$realname\n";
$msg .= "Email :$email\n";
$msg .= "Phone :$phone\n";
$msg .= "Best time to call :$time\n";
$msg .= "Workshops :$workshops\n";
$msg .= "Mentorship :$mentorship\n";
$msg .= "Training :$Training\n";
$msg .= "Job :$job\n";
$msg .= "Message :$message\n";

$to = "justin@justinblayney.com"; // ** this is the customer service dept. **
$subject = "Web site Volunteer form\n";
$mailheaders = "From: $realname\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $email";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ********* end of customer support email ************

echo "<h1>Thank you for volunteering.</h1><p>We will try to response to you within 2 - 3 business days.</p>"
}}
End If
?>
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 06:35:00 English  Type : Comment
no comments,
is this really that hard, or is everyone out enjoying the good weather ?
By: VGR Date: 16/03/2003 19:03:00 English  Type : Answer
it's Sunday, you know ? :D

Well, if you have to email sent, it's either your [email] section of php.ini is wrong, or that $_REQUEST['page'] is NEVER set to what you expect.

Could you try this :
-first tell me what is the Register_globals setting you have (php.ini or phpinfo() call )
-try this to check transmission :
<?php
echo $_REQUEST['page']."
"; exit;

if($_REQUEST['page'] == "contact") Then {
etc etc

?>

this way you'll know if you really have the $page variable set up.

personally, I think that the hidden field comes from a FORM in action=GET or POST, so I would in stead use $_GET['page'] or $_POST['page']

regards
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 19:21:00 English  Type : Comment
Thanks VGR
I tried , request, get and post with this

echo $_POST['page']."
"; exit;

I'm still gettiing the same result, a blank page, after a bit of thinking
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 19:27:00 English  Type : Comment
and register globals is on,
I have many sites hosted on this server that use php, and the $_REQUEST works with them ????
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 19:28:00 English  Type : Comment
and you right about it being sunady, and a beautiful one at that, Ihave watched a foot of snow melt off my back porch today, What am i doing inside ???
By: VGR Date: 16/03/2003 20:14:00 English  Type : Comment
if register_global in On (good :D ) and your calling FORM has a hidden field names 'page', just use $page in the receiving script...

Anyway, trying your script with "echo $_POST['page']."
"; exit;" SHOULD HAVE DISPLAYED SOMETHING ( at least the
;-)

Try with $page

echo "page received is '$page'
"; exit;
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 21:11:00 English  Type : Comment
ok
i stripped out all php except echo $page, and it displayed the correct word, so the varable is getting passed, what do you think, Is it some stupid syntax error or somerthing ? I can't find any.
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 21:21:00 English  Type : Comment
ok,
i stripped out the if staement, and have it just for the contact page, And it works and the emails are sent, so the proble is the "IF" statement, any advice on a better way to write it?
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 21:25:00 English  Type : Comment
What about if I named the form itself. I've never done that before, how would that work ?

Of course what I can do , is make 4 copies of the thank you page, one for each form. but..... i was hoping to do something more elegant.
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 21:43:00 English  Type : Comment
Im trying to put this whole thing in a function, and put it in an include file, but its not working.

function contact()
{
$msg = "E-Mail SEND FROM <A HREF="http://www.lccw.ca\n">http://www.lccw.ca\n</a>";
$msg .= "Dear $realname :\n\n";
$msg .= "We have received your email\n\n";
bla bla bla
send email code
}

that seems straight forward, but in the other page when I call it, it doesn't work

<?php include("mail.php"); ?>
<?
contact():
?>

this is what I'm doing. I'm then hoping to use this with my "IF" statement,

if($_REQUEST['page'] == "contact") Then
{
contact():
} else {
and so on, I know this is getting bigger, but i really dont want to have 4 separate pages.
By: jblayney Date: 16/03/2003 21:44:00 English  Type : Comment
can anyone at least tell me if I'm on the right track, this all seems straight forward, but my "IF"'s and functions just wont work
By: VGR Date: 16/03/2003 21:53:00 English  Type : Comment
NO

IT'S WORSE FOR YOU

WHY ?
Because globals are to be re-declared as GLOBAL in a function scope...

Stick with your first code, the echo $page worked (normal) so now you know how to access your variables. I'll help you.

ANYWAY, WHEN I SAY "echo "$page
"; exit;" I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU "strip everything but echo $page" : WHAT is the EXIT; for in your opinion ???
By: VGR Date: 16/03/2003 22:01:00 English  Type : Comment
here is your code. I added some //### comments

<?php
session_start(); //#don't forget this

//## remember that even with register_globals=On, it should be better to use $page=$_GET['page'] if the calling FORM is in method=GET, etc
if($page=="contact") Then {

// ********* reply email customer support ************
$msg = "E-Mail SEND FROM <A HREF="http://www.lccw.ca\n">http://www.lccw.ca\n</a>";
$msg .= "Dear $realname :\n\n";
$msg .= "We have received your email\n\n";
$msg .= "Thank you for your feedback\n";
$msg .= "If you require a response you will\n";
$msg .= "receive one within 2 - 3 business days";

$to = "$email"; // **** to form filler ********
$subject = "Life Choices for Women & Children: Contact Confirmation\n";
$mailheaders = "From: jplummer@lccw.ca\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: jplummer@lccw.ca";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ****** end of reply email *********
// ******** start of email to customer support **********

$msg = "Name :$realname\n";
$msg .= "Email :$email\n";
$msg .= "Message :$message\n";

$to = "justin@justinblayney.com"; // ** this is the customer service dept. **
$subject = "Web site contact form\n";
$mailheaders = "From: $realname\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $email";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ********* end of customer support email ************

echo "<h1>Thank you for contacting us.</h1><p>If you require a response we will return one to you within 2 - 3 business days.</p>"

} else if ($page=="volunteer") Then {

// ********* reply email customer support ************
$msg = "E-Mail SEND FROM <A HREF="http://www.lccw.ca\n">http://www.lccw.ca\n</a>";
$msg .= "Dear $realname :\n\n";
$msg .= "We have received your email\n\n";
$msg .= "Thank you for offering to volunteer\n";
$msg .= "We will response to you\n";
$msg .= "within 2 - 3 business days";

$to = "$email"; // **** to form filler ********
$subject = "Life Choices for Women & Children: Volunteer Confirmation\n";
$mailheaders = "From: jplummer@lccw.ca\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: jplummer@lccw.ca";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ****** end of reply email *********
// ******** start of email to customer support **********

$msg = "Name :$realname\n";
$msg .= "Email :$email\n";
$msg .= "Phone :$phone\n";
$msg .= "Best time to call :$time\n";
$msg .= "Workshops :$workshops\n";
$msg .= "Mentorship :$mentorship\n";
$msg .= "Training :$Training\n";
$msg .= "Job :$job\n";
$msg .= "Message :$message\n";

$to = "justin@justinblayney.com"; // ** this is the customer service dept. **
$subject = "Web site Volunteer form\n";
$mailheaders = "From: $realname\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $email";

mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);

// ********* end of customer support email ************

echo "<h1>Thank you for volunteering.</h1><p>We will try to response to you within 2 - 3 business days.</p>"
} // else case not covered

//# I would recommend :
//- a switch($page) statement
//- to check that the calling FORM is in a script with session_start(); at the beginning
//- to generate proper HTML (HTML,HEAD,TITLE,/TITLE,/HEAD,BODY,/BODY,/HTML etc)
//- to put the mailing calls in a function to clear&simplify a bit the code 8-)
?>
By: jblayney Date: 17/03/2003 00:06:00 English  Type : Comment
"ANYWAY, WHEN I SAY "echo "$page
"; exit;" I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU "strip everything but echo $page" : WHAT is the EXIT; for in your opirnion ???"

unfortunatly, I had to do that, I know what exit means, but for some reason the If after it was messing it up.

????? I dont know why ??????

but when I have a problem , one of the ways I troubleshoot it is too keep stripping code until it works. so I can see where the problem starts
By: VGR Date: 17/03/2003 05:00:00 English  Type : Comment
yes. Why not :D

I'll recommend building your script from control structures up ; this way you'll never have "an if messing [things] up"

have you tried my humble suggestion ?
By: TheFalklands Date: 18/03/2003 20:25:00 English  Type : Comment
Have u ever seen THEN in if statement in PHP? I didn't and it gives me a parse error. U should put THEN after if away.
By: VGR Date: 18/03/2003 20:34:00 English  Type : Comment
oh yes, true 8-)

I missed that one 8-)
By: jblayney Date: 18/03/2003 20:34:00 English  Type : Comment
"Have u ever seen THEN in if statement in PHP? I didn't and it gives me a parse error. U should put THEN after if away"

HUH ?????

Anyways, I'm sorry I'm taking so long with this. for a quick fix I made a different thank you/email send page. I will be coming back to this, But right now i am too busy. So please be patient.
By: VGR Date: 18/03/2003 20:48:00 English  Type : Comment
he wrote that the syntax in PHP ressembles the C one :
if (test) { // start then case
} else { // start else case
} // end of if

or

if (test)
{ // start then case
}
else { // start else case
} // end of if

And not like this (in Pascal)

if test
then begin // then case
end
else begin // else case
end; // end of if test


Except that the parentheses are mandatory around a logical test in PHP, whereas they shouldn't in a real language (like Pascal)
By: TheFalklands Date: 18/03/2003 20:57:00 English  Type : Comment
Sorry for that short bad-looking answer. But I had my keyboard broken and wrote it through Windows Character Map. So it should be short and exact.

Anyway, this is what I mean:

bad code = if(something happens) then {do something};
good one = if(something happens) {do something};

... so no THEN should be written after "if".

Hope u understand now ;o)

regards

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